It All Begins with Jelly Beans

ISBN: 1534494324

Author: Weetman, Nova

Condition: New

Two girls form an unlikely friendship during their shared time in the school nurses office in this heartfelt middle grade novel for fans of Save Me a Seat and Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus.Meg spends her days hoping no one thinks too hard about why she wears the same t-shirt and slippers to school every day. Luckily, the nurses office provides a welcome escape from classmates who dont understandand snacks when food runs out at home.Riley knows fitting in at her new school would be a lot easier if her friends were more understanding of her type 1 diabetes. So she keeps her testing under wrapsand an emergency bag of jelly beans on hand.When Meg and Riley end up together in the nurses office one day, both girls think theyve worked each other out, but what if theyve got it all wrong? On the brink of moving on to junior high, Riley and Meg must find the courage to discover who they really want to be. And maybe a bag of shared jelly beans will provide all the help they need.